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You are encouraged to contact the responsible office or staff, if known, to discuss the concern. Several ´óÏóÊÓƵprograms have help and question lines already established.

If you do not know specifically whom to call, contact Wendy Perry in the Executive Secretary's Office to direct you. She can be reached by phone at (301) 427-1216 or by email at: Wendy.Perry@ahrq.hhs.gov.

If the concern cannot be resolved informally and you feel a correction is warranted, there is a formal process in place for requesting review and corrections. This process grew out of an initiative led by the Office of Management and Budget to ensure the quality of all information disseminated by Federal agencies. The process for filing a formal complaint can be found on the Information Quality Guidelines page.

The ´óÏóÊÓƵ, commonly known as AHRQ, is the U.S. federal government agency charged with improving the delivery of healthcare in America. It is an operating division of the . Its mission is to enhance the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of health services, and access to such services through the establishment of a broad base of scientific research and through the promotion of improvements in clinical and health system practices, including the prevention of diseases and other health conditions.

The ´óÏóÊÓƵ's (AHRQ) mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used.

For more information, go to the About ´óÏóÊÓƵpage.

The agency is funded through a combination of funds from its Congressional budget authority and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund.

All official requests must be signed by an authorized institutional official. Requests should be submitted formally to your grants management specialist and include as a reference the grant number and principal investigator (PI). Requests may be submitted by email.

Please factor in sufficient time for a response, particularly toward the end of a current grant budget period.

When a trainee needs to take a leave of absence, complete the documentation to suspend the period of appointment and submit an amended statement of appointment and a termination notice. If the student returns to the program within the same budget period of the grant, complete and submit a new reappointment form. The student can complete their training, based on funding-levels provided to them prior to departure. However, the policy differs if the student does not plan on returning to the program until the following grant budget period. In such situations, the program needs to use one of its available slots in the forthcoming year for the student and any unused funds accruing from the previous year go into the program's unobligated balance.

Federal Financial Reports (FFR) for the ´óÏóÊÓƵ (AHRQ) T32s, which all have budget period end dates of June 30, are due by September 30. If the FFR is late, a program runs the risk of not receiving an award for the following budget period.

Include the following in your noncompeting continuation applications:

• A brief summary of prior year accomplishments, problems encountered and resolved, recent additions (e.g., faculty, tracks, courses) and future plans.
• Aggregate data tables on the racial/ethnic distribution of students supported with ´óÏóÊÓƵfunds from the fiscal year near completion.
• Brief description of students (and their accomplishments) currently supported by AHRQ, with indication made if the student is or will be supported with funds from the fiscal year near completion vs. the previous fiscal year.
• List of AHRQ-supported students who have left or graduated from the training program since the last reporting period, and those who are on the grant who are expected to complete their support by June 30 of that year.
• List of students who have been recruited for the following year, including those who will be continuing.
• Summary of minority recruitment plans.
• Summary of training in the ethical conduct of research.
• Appropriate budget and face pages.
• Biosketches for any new faculty.

No, ´óÏóÊÓƵdoes not follow the follow the Streamlined Non-competing Award Process (SNAP). Submit a complete, detailed RPPR, including a budget and justification, other support, and progress report, in accordance with instructions provided in the Noncompeting Application Requirements.

No, only stipend, tuition, and fees are to be obligated for the full 12-month appointment from the date the appointment is made. Any charges for Travel or for Training-Related Expenses (TRE) are to be made to the grant in the budget period in which the expenses are incurred. Once a budget period ends, any unexpended TRE and/or Travel funds must be reported as an unobligated balance. Further, if a trainee is on a grant less than 6 months in a budget period, half of the TRE funds awarded for that trainee position revert back to the Government in the form of an unobligated balance.